My Niece's Wedding Jewelry

Well, I've been very busy beading lately. My fingers are tired! Not really. I am surprised how much I like beading and how quickly it seems to go. I've found a couple of good online (and free!) tutorials lately and when I found out my niece was getting married, I decided I wanted to make her some jewelry to wear. My husband said that kind of thing is very subjective and she may not like what I've made, but I told her that and she said she loves it all...I ended up making several different things because I wasn't sure I liked the first ones I made. Still working on a couple of other ideas, too! But here are a few items I've completed. I'll just bring everything with us when we go up for the wedding next month and she can decide what she likes - or doesn't - then! Thanks for looking. Please comment if you like what you see here. I am pretty sure you can open these pictures in a bigger window by clicking on them!

These bracelets are all made using a tutorial I found here. Very simple and quick stitch, but very effective!

Link to the tutorial for this necklace after the next photo, which was also made with the same stitch. They look quite different because the beads were different. I used round pink glass pearls above, and a Bead Treasures Czech tiny glass pearl bead for the white ones. They are very uniform and seem to lay better than the ones below which were an off brand.

Closeup of necklace made with glass pearls and bicone A/B Swarovski crystals from tutorial here. Tutorial is a little hard to follow, but I figured it out! If I can do it, you can too! :) This one was a little pricier to make than the one above, but I think I like the other one a bit better! 

Same as the necklace closeup above. I used larger stones on the middle row, which I think was a mistake. They lay differently than the others. It looks okay when worn though, which I guess is the important part...

Made this necklace with the same stitch as the bracelets above. I like this necklace a lot. I ended up buying a purple (!) dress for the wedding and I think this will go with it!

This is an older style but I hadn't published it anywhere and just finally put the finishing touches on it. Swarovski A/B crystals with heart toggle clasp.

                                                            Thanks again for looking.